They are Jewish Children By Avrum Rosensweig How would you describe your appreciation and respect for what orphanages do? What do you think when a friend fosters a child? My guess is you feel a deep respect for their initiative and are in awe of them. Somewhere, someplace you might feel compelled to do the [...]
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Magnificent Link – A Company that Searches for Stuffed Animals
I just love this. How about you? http://plushmemories.com/
A Son Gives His Dad Great Pride
I received this email from my friend, Stephens who shared this slice of his son’s life with me and other friends. I was so taken by his email because it exhibited the trust between father and son, their successes as a team, and individuals, and of course because of the pride Stephen was expressing. Please read this piece [...]
Children Are From Another Time: (Avrum’s CJN Article January 20, 2011)
http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20635&Itemid=86 A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer. – Author Unknown My son, Noah, asked me, “Daddy, what happens if one day I can’t stop laughing?” It was a reasonable question. After all, my little boy knows the saying, “I laughed off my head” (sic) in reference to something [...]
They are Jewish Children – Avrum’s CJN Article December 23, 2010
Thursday, 23 December 2010 How would you describe your appreciation of and respect for what orphanages do? What do you think when a friend fosters a child? My guess is you feel a deep respect for their initiative and are in awe of them. Somewhere, someplace you might feel compelled to do the same. What [...]
Child, The Mother Says, Tell me I’m Good
Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. ~Elizabeth Stone How many people would you trust your children with? Really? We are missing some fundamental things in life when it comes to raising our children and its serious stuff. [...]
don’t feel bad for a stick….
Don’t feel bad for a stick (even if it’s broken) And don’t feel bad for a rock (even if it’s soak’in). Don’t feel bad for the grains of sand, Stuffed into a kid’s sock. They are singing laughing ’cause they are free, They are happy and as joyful as an oak tree. They are a rock, a stick and some [...]
If Animal Activists Were in Charge of Saving People…Imagine!
I just watched a documentary called, ‘The Cove’, about the 23,000 dolphins killed a year in Japan, for food and dolphin ‘circuses’. The documentary is well made. It seemed to have lots of financial backing. Watching ‘The Cove’ I learned a lot about the great love people have for animals and fish. I was educated [...]
Dirt, Wormy Slithery Dirt: Adam and Eve and Dirt
I have a friend we call Dirt, and I love him so when I see this picture it reminds me of him, but more so this pic conjures up the sweet idea that dirt is something that can be loved. And who in this entire world of ours is going to love dirt…..well that would be [...]
